---
title: 'John Carpenter'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film screenwriter'
  - 'producer'
  - 'comics writer'
  - 'director'
  - 'film producer'
born: '1948-01-16'
birthplace: 'Carthage'
films_in_library: 43
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter'
updated: '2026-07-30'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter'
wikidata: 'Q95008'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# John Carpenter

film screenwriter, producer, comics writer, director, film producer.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2025 · [Death of a Unicorn](https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-of-a-unicorn-2025) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2022 · [Firestarter](https://cinepixo.com/movies/firestarter-2022) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2022 · [Halloween Ends](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-ends-2022) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2021 · [Halloween Kills](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-kills-2021) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2019 · [In Search of Darkness](https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-search-of-darkness-2019) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2018 · [Halloween](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-2018) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [The Ward](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ward-2010) — Director · unreviewed here
- 2009 · [Nightmares in Red, White and Blue](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nightmares-in-red-white-and-blue-2009) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lovecraft-fear-of-the-unknown-2008) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2007 · [Halloween](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-2007) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film](https://cinepixo.com/movies/going-to-pieces-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-slasher-film-2006) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [The Fog](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fog-2005) — Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [Assault on Precinct 13](https://cinepixo.com/movies/assault-on-precinct-13-2005) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 2002 · [Vampires: Los Muertos](https://cinepixo.com/movies/vampires-los-muertos-2002) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2001 · [Ghosts of Mars](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghosts-of-mars-2001) — Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2000 · [The American Nightmare](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-american-nightmare-2000) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Vampires](https://cinepixo.com/movies/vampires-1998) — Director, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Escape from L.A.](https://cinepixo.com/movies/escape-from-la-1996) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Village of the Damned](https://cinepixo.com/movies/village-of-the-damned-1995) — actor, Director, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [The Silence of the Hams](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-silence-of-the-hams-1994) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [In the Mouth of Madness](https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-the-mouth-of-madness-1994) — Director, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Memoirs of an Invisible Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/memoirs-of-an-invisible-man-1992) — actor, Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-5-the-revenge-of-michael-myers-1989) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [They Live](https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-live-1988) — Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [Prince of Darkness](https://cinepixo.com/movies/prince-of-darkness-1987) — Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [Big Trouble in Little China](https://cinepixo.com/movies/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986) — actor, Director, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [The Boy Who Could Fly](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-boy-who-could-fly-1986) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [Black Moon Rising](https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-moon-rising-1986) — Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1984 · [Starman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/starman-1984) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 1984 · [The Philadelphia Experiment](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-philadelphia-experiment-1984) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [Christine](https://cinepixo.com/movies/christine-1983) — Director, Original Music Composer, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [The Thing](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-thing-1982) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Halloween III: Season of the Witch](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-iii-season-of-the-witch-1982) — Original Music Composer, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Escape from New York](https://cinepixo.com/movies/escape-from-new-york-1981) — actor, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Halloween II](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-ii-1981) — Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [The Fog](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fog-1980) — actor, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Better Late Than Never](https://cinepixo.com/movies/better-late-than-never-1979) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [Halloween](https://cinepixo.com/movies/halloween-1978) — actor, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [Eyes of Laura Mars](https://cinepixo.com/movies/eyes-of-laura-mars-1978) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Network](https://cinepixo.com/movies/network-1976) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Assault on Precinct 13](https://cinepixo.com/movies/assault-on-precinct-13-1976) — Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Dark Star](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dark-star-1974) — actor, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [Last Foxtrot in Burbank](https://cinepixo.com/movies/last-foxtrot-in-burbank-1973) — Editor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carpenter
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